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Paul was really a powerlifter and did the overhead lifts only because powerlifting as a sport did not exist 40 years ago. He excelled and was world and Olympic champ because he was far stronger than anyone else.
Why would any man crawl under a platform loaded with weights weighing almost three tons more than himself, then try to backlift it? Paul Anderson says he was motivated to try it to prove he was the strongest man in the world after someone had shown him a copy of the 1956 Guinness Book of Superlatives which listed Louis Cyr as the strongest man ...
Jul 31, 2023 · With official numbers at a 199.5kg (440lb) clean & jerk, a 420kg (930lb) back squat, and unofficial numbers like a 285kg (628lb) bench press, and a 2,840kg (6,270lb) backlift, Paul Anderson...
Ironclad-Paul Anderson’s June 12, 1957 Backlift. Roark gives the details on Anderson’s famous 1957 backlift, with photographs
On 12 June 1957, according to Paul’s later claims, he performed a feat that has received more publicity, particularly among the non-lifting public, than any other lift in history—his backlift of 6,270 pounds.
It was on June 12th, 1957 when Paul Anderson backlifted 6270 pounds — a well-documented and still-unbroken feat. Paul Anderson, of course was a noted Olympic Gold Medal Winner and Strongman.
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In the first of three required lifts–the two-hand press–the Russian lifted 330.5 pounds, his personal best. The crowd cheered deliriously, and many assumed the short, fat American would not even try to match that figure. Paul called for 402.4 pounds.
